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      Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.

      Industries:

      none

      Exchange rates:

      euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.7715 (2010), 0.7338 (2009), 0.6827 (2008)

      note: on 1 January 2008, Dhekelia and Akrotiri adopted the euro along with the rest of Cyprus

      Communications ::Dhekelia

      Broadcast media:

      British Forces Broadcast Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite TV service as well as BFBS radio broadcasts to the Dhekelia Sovereign Base (2009)

      Military ::Dhekelia

      Military - note:

      includes Dhekelia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station connected by a roadway

      page last updated on January 12, 2011

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      @Djibouti (Africa)

      Introduction ::Djibouti

      Background:

      The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one-party state and proceeded to serve as president until 1999. Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to a civil war that ended in 2001 following the conclusion of a peace accord between Afar rebels and the Issa-dominated government. In 1999, Djibouti's first multi-party presidential elections resulted in the election of Ismail Omar GUELLEH; he was re-elected to a second term in 2005. Djibouti occupies a strategic geographic location at the mouth of the Red Sea and serves as an important transshipment location for goods entering and leaving the east African highlands. The present leadership favors close ties to France, which maintains a significant military presence in the country but also has strong ties with the US. Djibouti hosts the only US military base in sub-Saharan Africa and is a front-line state in the global war on terrorism.

      Geography ::Djibouti

      Location:

      Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between

       Eritrea and Somalia

      Geographic coordinates:

      11 30 N, 43 00 E

      Map references:

      Africa

      Area:

      total: 23,200 sq km country comparison to the world: 150 land: 23,180 sq km

      water: 20 sq km

      Area - comparative:

      slightly smaller than Massachusetts

      Land boundaries:

      total: 516 km

      border countries: Eritrea 109 km, Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km

      Coastline:

      314 km

      Maritime claims:

      territorial sea: 12 nm

      contiguous zone: 24 nm

      exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      Climate:

      desert; torrid, dry

      Terrain:

      coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains

      Elevation extremes:

      lowest point: Lac Assal −155 m

      highest point: Moussa Ali 2,028 m

      Natural resources:

      potential geothermal power, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum

      Land use:

      arable land: 0.04%

      permanent crops: 0%

      other: 99.96% (2005)

      Irrigated land:

      10 sq km (2003)

      Total renewable water resources:

      0.3 cu km (1997)

      Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

      total: 0.02 cu km/yr (84%/0%/16%)

      per capita: 25 cu m/yr (2000)

      Natural hazards:

      earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods

      volcanism: Djibouti experiences limited volcanic activity; Ardoukoba (elev. 298 m, 978 ft) last erupted in 1978; Manda-Inakir, located along the Ethiopian border, is also historically active

      Environment - current issues:

      inadequate supplies of potable water; limited arable land; desertification; endangered species

      Environment - international agreements:

      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

      signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

      strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa

      People ::Djibouti

      Population:

      740,528 (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 162

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 36.3% (male 131,878/female 131,449)

      15–64 years: 60.4% (male 194,503/female 243,495)

      65 years and over: 3.2% (male 10,462/female 12,835) (2010 est.)

      Median age:

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